Consumer companies feel summer wedding glow as jewellery, appliances, staples sales outpace winter gainsSummer weddings are driving a significant spending surge across India. Strong rural incomes from a good harvest are boosting sales of every...
01 May, 2026, 04.00 AM IST
How El Nino could impact the world's weather in 2026/27Forecasters predict a strong El Nino developing in late 2026. This phenomenon is expected to bring hotter and drier weather to much of Asia...
24 Apr, 2026, 01.41 PM IST
Iran war: HUL hikes prices of Dove, Pears, Surf, Red LabelHindustan Unilever Limited has increased prices for its soap products. This move is a response to escalating costs of raw materials and pac...
16 Apr, 2026, 11.38 AM IST
West Asia conflict deals a double whammy to India’s farm sector: pre-harvest cost pressures, post-harvest shipping delaysSupply shocks, export disruptions, and labour shortages caused by the Iran war are beginning to strain India’s agriculture despite ample fo...
09 Apr, 2026, 10.01 AM IST
Price hikes on the horizon: Expect a hit on your budget as Iran war's impact becomes clearIndian consumer firms are seeing rising costs from higher crude oil prices. This could lead to price increases soon. Companies are trying t...
08 Apr, 2026, 05.29 PM IST
Commodity Talk: Sugar rates at 12-year highs on supply shortages, high crude prices: Harjeet Singh Arora of MastertrustSugar Prices surged ahead of the festive season and wedding season. The government took various measures such as imposing restrictions on t...
31 Oct, 2023, 01.45 PM IST
Millers seek raw sugar imports to make up for likely cane shortageThere are concerns about production of sugarcane in Maharashtra and Karnataka, which is likely to affect availability of sugar for consumpt...
08 Sep, 2023, 01.06 AM IST
El Nino unlikely to cause sugar shortage in India: NFCSFThe National Federation of Cooperative Sugar Factories Ltd (NFCSF) has dismissed rumors of a sugar shortage in India due to El Nino, statin...
07 Sep, 2023, 05.07 PM IST
India will be able to export sugar despite El Nino forecast: OfficialForecasts of the emergence of the El Nino phaenomenon, which often is blamed for causing deficient rainfall in India, has made the sugar in...
20 Apr, 2023, 12.42 AM IST
Maharashtra sugar output set to decline 6-7%Maharashtra had produced 138 lakh tonnes of sugar in the 2021-22 season, a record in the state's history. The state, which accounts for mor...
13 Jan, 2023, 12.16 AM IST
Ten stocks that are likely to be most vulnerable if the monsoon failsA hit to agriculture will have a direct impact on India’s $2-tn economy and cos that depend directly or indirectly on the farm sector.
26 Jun, 2014, 09.58 AM IST
- Sugar output may fall to 23 million tonnes in 2012-13: K V Thomas, Food Minister
Sugar production has marginally declined to 23.30 lakh tonnes in the first 2 months of the 2012-13 marketing year against 23.92 lakh tonnes...
04 Dec, 2012, 03.45 PM IST
Raining worries: Commodities hit the roof as monsoon loses vigourCommodity futures rose sharply and many hit the upper circuit as the patchy monsoon heightened concerns of crop losses.
17 Jul, 2012, 11.24 AM IST
- Sugar futures up on spot demand
Continuing its rising streak, sugar prices rose by Rs 4 to Rs 2,880 per quintal in futures trading today.
15 Jun, 2012, 02.22 PM IST
- Weather experts predict normal monsoon for South Asia
Weather scientists from seven countries in South Asia meet here every year to arrive at a consensus monsoon forecast for the region.
21 Apr, 2012, 02.17 AM IST
- Monsoon revival brings cheer to parched earth and farmers
A revival in monsoon rains is helping ease dry weather that's caused drought in more than a third of the country, aiding crops in the world...
08 Sep, 2009, 12.45 AM IST
- Monsoon delay could push down sugar output
Sugar production in the forthcoming season, 2008-09 (October-March) is expected to be 25% lower than the current year’s, according to very ...
28 May, 2008, 03.33 AM IST